Binary Class

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Represents an immutable block of binary data.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Data.Linq.Binary

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Binary _
    Implements IEquatable(Of Binary)
public sealed class Binary : IEquatable<Binary>

The Binary type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Binary Initializes a new instance of the Binary class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Length Gets the length of the binary object.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Binary) Determines whether two binary objects are equal.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToArray Returns an array of bytes that represents the current binary object.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a String that represents the current binary object. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Operators

  Name Description
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equality Describes the equality relationship between two binary objects.
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Implicit(array<Byte[] to Binary) Enables arrays of bytes to be implicitly coerced to the Binary type in a programming language.
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Inequality Describes the inequality relationship between two binary objects.

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Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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